State v. Glahn
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Monroe Circuit Court. — Hon. T. H. Bacon, Judge. (1) The demurrer to the evidence should have been sustained. (2.) The seventh instruction asked by defendant should have been given.
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Appeal from Monroe Circuit Court. — Hon. T. H. Bacon, Judge. (1) The demurrer to the evidence should have been sustained. (2.) The seventh instruction asked by defendant should have been given. Declarations of intention, threats, expressions of ill-will, attempts, menaces, expressions of vindictive feelings, quarrels, previous difficulties, other crimes (when allowable) and domestic troubles may be proven to show motive, willfulness, deliberation, premeditation and malice, and to disprove self-defense in certain cases ; but amount to nothing unless defendant be connected with the murder by…
1Opinion of the CourtBlack, J.
On the sixteenth of October, 1886, the defendant and his brother were indicted in the Shelby circuit court for murder. The charge is, that with pistols they shot and killed Joseph Hunolt on the fourth of June, 1886. The state dismissed as to Christian P. Glahn, and the venue was changed to Monroe county. After one mistrial, and at the October term, 1887, the defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree.
The evidence is entirely circumstantial, and defendant’s counsel earnestly contended that it does not support the verdict. This objection necessitates a somewhat extended statement of…
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